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Armed Vlen Rob Jewelry Store In Boro“I don't like you. You're a wise guy. I'm gonna kin you.” Those words, spoken by two armed robbers yesterday afternoon on Bristol's Mill St . pro ceded a $5,000 haul from Jer-ry’s Jewelers.The men, still at large, re-p n r ted 1 y ran into the store shortly after 4 p.m. and forced owner Gerald Olen and clerksA Collegeman of the piano as his strong.precise fingers energetically played with brilliant accuracy.Hie ahrnnt r*hanftpc frnm almn^tHarold Weil and Thomas Harristo a back storage room at thestore at 231 Mill St. at gunpoint, with the dictate. ‘Keep your mouth shut or I'll kill you.”After handcuffing Olen andKing the hands of Harris and Weil with tape, the men pro-reeded to crab 60 diamondrings, from a front counter,handfuls of watches and brace-audtence unmistakeablv awakeand alive. eFollowing the recital, approximately 300 natrons greeted himI See Belated Story On Page 24)lets and religious articles fromwall cases, and $250 in cashfrom an open safeWeil said the operation onlytook a few minutes and the men Ht through the front door Thevictims, locked in the backroom, called for help out a br*k door, and police arrived within minutes, Weil said.According to police, a general a! »i*m and blockade was issuedwith the help of Bristol Town-s-’ r police, but w■ - abandonedafter an hour and a half when itproved futile. One of the menwas reported seen in a nearbv b-’f shor’v after the incidentIand both were reported seengoing east on Pond St., but escaped apprehension Weil described the robbery as“not a pleasant experience''and was visibly shaken afterthe incident.The men said thev didn’t rec-ognize the robbers who wore nod scuise Weil said he was probably called a “wise guv” be-(nnps he ran toward the do^rwhen he saw the robbers “Weri’dn t soy a word when tbevpushed us back,” Weil recalled. “That barrel looks mighty big when it’s pointed at you.”Police are still investigatingthe case and looking for themen described as two Negroes. One was tall, thin with a mous-♦srh and about age 2T the shorter one. police said, was \ -Cer. about ace IB and was called “Dave” by the other.The weapon was described as a 33 caliber revolver.vo Standing OvationsC7
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Bucks County Courier Times
Levittown, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Nov 08, 1968
Page 35
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